User:Ottawahitech/Privacy: Google reports more government data requests

October 5, 2017 newsSeptember 30, 2017

A released by  on Thursday revealed a large increase in government data requests  and a larger proportion  of requests originating in the United States.

The report indicated a nine percent increase in government data requests overall for the first six months of 2017 compared to the same period last year. There were 48,941 worldwide requests and 16,823 (34%) from the United States government in the first half of 2017. The majority of the requests were in the form of.

There were 45,500 worldwide requests and 13,600 (30%) from the United States in the previous Transparency Report for the second half of 2016.

has also reported more government requests for data.